The latest incident has him thinking a bit more about having a visor installed to his helmet, but it's still a change the veteran forward doesn't seem ready to make.

"I don't think it's a discussion any player really wants to have," Bertuzzi said. "I think it's a personal decision. I'm not trying to be (jerk), but it's our office and we wear what we want to wear. Guys wear different shoulder pads, helmets and skates, that's just how it is. It's an option we're given and some guys don't want to use it."

Bertuzzi practiced Thursday at Joe Louis Arena without a visor.

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"The thing for me is they're pro athletes and they have to do what's right for them," Wings coach Mike Babcock said. "I just know life's long and you're going to spend a lot of time with your family after. Sometimes those decisions - I mean it takes a week for you to get used to it - but that's a decision he makes. He's a good player and he's got to decide what he's comfortable in and he wants to feel good out there so it's his decision, not mine."

Bertuzzi got caught by the high stick of Dallas' Jamie Benn under his left eye in the second period on Tuesday. He had a handful of scratches.

During his first season with the New York Islanders he suffered a scratched cornea that forced him to wear a patch over his eye for two weeks.

But Bertuzzi's stance on visors varies when he was asked what he'd tell his son to do.

"Wear it," Bertuzzi said. "It's a no brainer. I think all the kids coming up, anyone coming into the league the past 4-5 years it should be mandatory to have it. I believe in it. That's the same thing with the no helmet. It was grandfathered in. The last guy to not wear it was (Edmonton's Craig) MacTavish and I think eventually when us older guys get out of the league they'll make it mandatory that (visors) be worn."

Kris Draper and Steve Yzerman both wore visors to finish their careers after incidents on the ice.

Draper wore one permanently in 2005 after getting hit in the eye with a puck.

Yzerman also suffered a scratched cornea and broken bone just below his left eye in 2004 and wore a visor his final season in the league.

Feeling the Blues

The Wings think they're a better team than the one that met St. Louis to open the season.

The Blues beat Detroit, 6-0

"It's just one of those things where it was the first game of the year, they handed it to us," Wings goalie Jimmy Howard said. "They came out ready to play and they got on top of us early, got on top of our D, got their forecheck going. We're going to have to find a way of limiting them from getting on top of our D, that way we can spend a little bit more time in their end."

The Blues scored four times on the power play and once shorthanded. Three of their goals were on breakaways.

"Well, I mean, we had a tough game in St. Louis," Babcock said. "We gave up four gift goals and you can't do that in a hockey game and expect success. I didn't think we were very competitive in that game.

"Now we have an opportunity to evaluate ourselves six games later and see where we're at," Babcock added. "We're through segment one and we were able to get seven points. We need to have a better segment this segment to keep in the chase and it starts with the game tomorrow."

St. Louis is second in the Central Division.

"We definitely know it's important for us," Justin Abdelkader said. "They're a division rival and a team already ahead of us in the standings. We're on our home ice, we got to come out and set the tone early and play a smarter game and hopefully specialty teams will be better."

Ins and outs

Henrik Zetterberg missed practice because of an illness, but is expected to play against the Blues.

Babcock said he will go with the same defensemen he went with Tuesday, which means Brian Lashoff will be a healthy scratch.